Michael Crawford

Langston Hughes

Filed By Michael Crawford | February 10, 2008 7:29 AM | comments

Filed in: You Gotta See This
Tags: Black History Month, Langston Hughes, video

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Black gay writer Langston Hughes was one of the leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance. Here he reads and explains the origins behind his gorgeous poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers.

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